News from The Corner

For all you sports fans who have missed me, The Corner is back open for business.
Here are a few observations from the week.


I think I saw one of the weirdest things in a long time recently. That was the case of a 22 year old who posed as a 17 year old basketball player. The little ploy cost the team he was playing for a state championship. I have to believe there is something wrong with a grown man who still wants to be a teenager. None of us like getting older, as I am this month, but you have to draw the line somewhere, maybe where you think about literally going back to high school!
Just one of those things you have to chalk up as really weird I suppose.

I have never been a big fan of the National Basketball Association but I couldn’t help but notice all the press and uproar over Lebron James. Because he is going through a slump he is being blamed for his team’s playoff problems.
Even though he is one of the best players in NBA history not named Michael Jordan, believe or not James is a human. He is going to make mistakes. He is not the problem if his team loses. Until the Cavaliers put four other quality players on the court they will still fall short.
Even Jordan had Scottie s to take some of the defensive pressure of him. I am not sure James has that kind of player to join him on the court. That means the Cavaliers will continue to lose until they get him some support. The press should get off James’s back about it.
James is going to ask for big money this summer and he should get it. He is the best , despite his playoff performance this year, and he deserves to be paid for.

And, Lawrence Taylor, let it speak for itself. The details are disgusting but the story is sad. The fact he did anything sexual in nature with a teenager should put him in jail.
Chalk it up to another athlete who fame went to his head and destroyed his image.